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(jim leonard) maldición! (narrador) jim busca desesperadamente un refugio, no puede hacer nada más que observar con espanto. saca su cámara del tablero antes que el granizo destroce el parabrisas. [granizo] crup-trap, crup-trap! (jim leonard) el parabrisas está roto. [quejándose] ah! todo se está destruyendo! fue muy intenso, sólo se podía oír el sonido de esas piedras de hielo, los vidrios rompiéndose y todos esos fragmentos volando, volando hacia mi rostro, tuve que ponerme las gafas de sol para protegerme los ojos. [quejándose] agh! (narrador) confundido y aterrado, jim intenta evaluar lo que ocurre. (jim leonard) granizos de más de 10 centímetros están golpeando el auto en este momento. parecía como si un demente estuviera golpeando mi auto con un mazo o con grandes piedras. (narrador) después de unos eternos 20 minutos, la granizada gigante se detiene, jim sale de su coche para evaluar los daños. el techo está lleno de abolladuras profundas. [jim leonard quejándose] ah! (narrador) y los
(jim leonard) maldición! (narrador) jim busca desesperadamente un refugio, no puede hacer nada más que observar con espanto. saca su cámara del tablero antes que el granizo destroce el parabrisas. [granizo] crup-trap, crup-trap! (jim leonard) el parabrisas está roto. [quejándose] ah! todo se está destruyendo! fue muy intenso, sólo se podía oír el sonido de esas piedras de hielo, los vidrios rompiéndose y todos esos fragmentos volando, volando hacia mi rostro, tuve que ponerme las...
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i know jim very well. we have been colleagues, friends and business partners for decades now, and i salute him for how he is handling his exit by stealth. >> again, the major developments of the day t was another bloody friday in syria as security forces opened fire on thousands of protestors. at least six were killed. suicide bombers in prak stand killed at least 66 police recruits as revenge for the death of osama bin laden. and thousands of people in louisiana yajun country waited for engineers to open a spillway flooding their land to save baton rouge and new orleans. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: read more about jim's career, watch video highlights, and leave your reflections on our special page. find our live chat about a new documentary on pakistan's late prime minister benazir bhutto, and a public media initiative aimed at women's leadership. plus, a reminder: the space shuttle "endeavour" is set to launch monday at 8:56 a.m. eastern. watch it live
i know jim very well. we have been colleagues, friends and business partners for decades now, and i salute him for how he is handling his exit by stealth. >> again, the major developments of the day t was another bloody friday in syria as security forces opened fire on thousands of protestors. at least six were killed. suicide bombers in prak stand killed at least 66 police recruits as revenge for the death of osama bin laden. and thousands of people in louisiana yajun country waited for...
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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this monday, the lead story: health care reform moves from the house to the senate. betty ann bowser has the latest on the overhaul efforts. judy woodruff looks ahead. then, after the other news of the day, two takes on the fort hood massacre. gwen ifill updates the investigation of the alleged shooter. tom bearden reports on how the town of killeen, texas, is coping with the tragedy. that we love and honor and -- >> we have an exclusive interview with what mid karzai. >> lehrer: margaret warner has an exclusive interview with afghan president karzai about corruption and the coalition war effort. >> the secrets of afghanistan, it is here to fight the war on terror. >> jim: marcia coyle reports on the supreme court, and jeffrey brown remembers the fall of the >> lehrer: marcia coyle of the "national law journal" reports on today's supreme court arguments about life sentences without parole for juveniles. and jeffrey brown remembers the fall of the berlin wall, 20 years
i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this monday, the lead story: health care reform moves from the house to the senate. betty ann bowser has the latest on the overhaul efforts. judy woodruff looks ahead. then, after the other news of the day, two takes on the fort hood massacre. gwen ifill updates the investigation of the alleged shooter. tom bearden reports on how the town of killeen, texas, is coping with the tragedy. that we love and honor and -- >> we have an exclusive interview with what...
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jim, this is not from the consumer. thaernt in position to spend. >> it's exports to selective emerging markets. company after company when they report earnings they say the strong growth is exports to emerging markets. that's the bright spot. >> i agree with that but one problem is exports to europe will be on the sluggish side, europe's economy we see is going to be weaker. >> susie: the other question people want to know is what is my house going to be worth? do you see that the housing market is going to get better over the coming months? >> i think the house is not going to be worth as much as it was a few years ago but the worst is behind us, i see bouncing along the bottom. there is still overhang. >> susie: jim, is this still going to be a buyer's market? >> absolutely, with tepid employment growth, it's going to remain a buyer's market for some time to come. >> susie: let's take a break. we'll be back in a few minutes with more of your stocks. >> tom: one thing that the stock market doesn't like is uncertainty.
jim, this is not from the consumer. thaernt in position to spend. >> it's exports to selective emerging markets. company after company when they report earnings they say the strong growth is exports to emerging markets. that's the bright spot. >> i agree with that but one problem is exports to europe will be on the sluggish side, europe's economy we see is going to be weaker. >> susie: the other question people want to know is what is my house going to be worth? do you see...
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let's go to jim in california. jim? >> caller: jim, boo-yah. thanks for teaching me how to make "mad money." right now i'm in the house of pain with edwards life sciences. >> no, you're okay. >> buy, buy, buy -- >> you don't have to crack open the chest cavity with that thing. it's up and down up and down. it's a stock that has a lot of controversy with it. but i do like it. i want to go to wally in illinois. wally? >> caller: b-b-boo-yah, jim. how you doing? >> what's going on? >> caller: i'm trying to find out about sky works solutions. >> now here's the deal. sky works solutions got oversold, but it is a component play. component plays are just trades. we liked it lower. we take and ring the register now. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the "lightning round." >> the "lightning round" is sponsored by td ameritrade. >>> coming up -- you plan, you play, you try to be perfect. but can your strategy stand up to cramer's test? call, e-mail or tweet @jimcramer to find out if your portfolio has what it takes on "am i diversified
let's go to jim in california. jim? >> caller: jim, boo-yah. thanks for teaching me how to make "mad money." right now i'm in the house of pain with edwards life sciences. >> no, you're okay. >> buy, buy, buy -- >> you don't have to crack open the chest cavity with that thing. it's up and down up and down. it's a stock that has a lot of controversy with it. but i do like it. i want to go to wally in illinois. wally? >> caller: b-b-boo-yah, jim. how you...
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if there is a second o'malley administration there is talk that jim smith will get a cabinet post or judgeship, less likely given his age. >> he has already been there. >> appeals court judge maybe. but i always sort of thought the state senate was a little beneath him. it is hard to imagine a guy who has been running a county of 800,000 people sitting in the back of the senate chamber. >> he can certainly take the campaign war chest to the o'malley campaign and there are strong ties there. the governor's brother peter was his chief of staff until april. >> o'malley benefited from jim smith's help in the 2006 election. baltimore county was basically a tie and i think jim smith was the reason for that. >> we mentioned the andy harris seat to be vacated in the state senate because he is running for congress in the 1st district against frank cratovil but harris has a primary opponent spending money on tv. >> rob fisher owns several consulting companies, true fiscal conservative running as the outsider. >> i would have to give the edge to harris. he has so much name recognition in the di
if there is a second o'malley administration there is talk that jim smith will get a cabinet post or judgeship, less likely given his age. >> he has already been there. >> appeals court judge maybe. but i always sort of thought the state senate was a little beneath him. it is hard to imagine a guy who has been running a county of 800,000 people sitting in the back of the senate chamber. >> he can certainly take the campaign war chest to the o'malley campaign and there are...
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i'll rest my case. >> for now from boston i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. >> from carl cables florida, i'm jim lehrer, good night. from oxford mississippi thank you, senators both. i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good tonight. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. taliban insurgents targeted the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in coordinated assaults in kabul, afghanistan. a court in iran set bail of $500,000 apiece for two american hikers convicted of spying. they would be released within days. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: jim reads passages from "tension city" on the rundown blog. plus, explore today's poverty numbers and newly released figures on the numbers of uninsured. and tonight's "frontline" features an extended conversation with ali soufan, an f.b.i. interrogator, who says c.i.a. enhanced interrogation techniques are ineffective, and that the agency's failure to share information with him altered his investigation of 9/11. "frontline's" martin smith con
i'll rest my case. >> for now from boston i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. >> from carl cables florida, i'm jim lehrer, good night. from oxford mississippi thank you, senators both. i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good tonight. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. taliban insurgents targeted the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in coordinated assaults in kabul, afghanistan. a court in iran set bail of $500,000 apiece for two american hikers convicted...
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and for now from boston, i'm jim lehrer thank you and good night. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim leery, thank you and good night. from oxford, mississippi, thank you, senators, both, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. ( applause ) >> good job. >> good job, john. >> woodruff: that interview with jim and kate leerir was record last fall. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: president obama and mitt romney prepped for their face-to-faceÑi meeting tonight in denver, where they will square off in the first debate. and the syrian civil war threatened to boil over, after mortar fire from syria killed five people in a village in turkey. the turks fired back at targets in syria. and in a new project launching today, the "newshour" is allowing you to make your own political ads. kwame holman explains. >> holman: gwen, the adlibs mozilla game let's the viewer be the candidate. you can mash up your facebook photos to make personalized political ads. find that on our home page. today in making sense, with millions of americans still o
and for now from boston, i'm jim lehrer thank you and good night. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim leery, thank you and good night. from oxford, mississippi, thank you, senators, both, i'm jim lehrer, thank you and good night. ( applause ) >> good job. >> good job, john. >> woodruff: that interview with jim and kate leerir was record last fall. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: president obama and mitt romney prepped for their face-to-faceÑi meeting...
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. >> four years ago jim marshal had a scare. it was an unusual scare for that year because it was such a good democratic year. this is making south and central georgia. the wave took him out. simple as that. >> ifill: the wave washed over to mississippi where childers lost to the republican. 56% to 40%. pretty wide margin know this is turf that democrats never should have had. i mean this is the kind of district that we have talked about. you saw in 2006 and 2008 a total of 54 seats switch from republicans to democrats. a lot of that was on republican turf and the democrats are giving it back. >> childers is a terrific politician. he's incredibly down to earth. personable. he's one of those kind of democrats who knows how to talk to people. he couldn't survive this. >> ifill: neither could jean taylor who is is one of those democrats who completely infuriated fellow democrats because he was always so conservative. he lost tonight. >> i mean he voted like a republican. he personalized the district. this is a classic case where vo
. >> four years ago jim marshal had a scare. it was an unusual scare for that year because it was such a good democratic year. this is making south and central georgia. the wave took him out. simple as that. >> ifill: the wave washed over to mississippi where childers lost to the republican. 56% to 40%. pretty wide margin know this is turf that democrats never should have had. i mean this is the kind of district that we have talked about. you saw in 2006 and 2008 a total of 54 seats...
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, jim, jim, jim, jim, jim, jim. [laughter] come on, now. the first thing you said is, race matters. and then you tell me you wouldn't talk to him about it. what's going on here? it does matter, right? but you can't have a conversation with a potential employee who's black--you can't discuss it with him. >> no, no, i didn't say that. >> ogletree: well, let me-- >> jim, as your lawyer, i would suggest that you consult with the e.e.o.c. guidelines on interviewing before you answer that question. >> ogletree: it's too late; it's on tape. [laughter] but talk to craig. i mean, the point is that craig has great potential. i understand his father's connections, but i'm going to put that aside. but you have an issue. you don't have a staff that reflects the city's diversity. that's a fact. craig, talk to him, and ask him if your race matters. he's very interested. talk to him. >> i'm really interested in the paper. i've had a long interest in journalism. one of my concerns is, do you have any other black reporters working on
, jim, jim, jim, jim, jim, jim. [laughter] come on, now. the first thing you said is, race matters. and then you tell me you wouldn't talk to him about it. what's going on here? it does matter, right? but you can't have a conversation with a potential employee who's black--you can't discuss it with him. >> no, no, i didn't say that. >> ogletree: well, let me-- >> jim, as your lawyer, i would suggest that you consult with the e.e.o.c. guidelines on interviewing before you...
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. >> i think, i agree with jim, charlie. i think that the president also needed to explain what he was planning to do. because he now is in a very different position from the one he was in prior to massachusetts. and i think he did a pretty good job of telling us that. i think he gave us two really important pieces of information. one is, he's not giving up on healthcare reform. and the second is something that we hadn't seen him really doing very aggressively prior to the massachusetts vote which is he is going to hold the republican feet to the fire. and if they try to be the party of no as he said tonight, he is really going to try to make them pay in the court of public opinion. so i think he gave us two important messages about what he actually intends to do. >> charlie: there was much talk about the presidency coming into this. the question was whether they had a problem with message or whether they had a problem with content. what did tonight's speech indicate in terms of how the whitehouse looks at that? >> i'll let
. >> i think, i agree with jim, charlie. i think that the president also needed to explain what he was planning to do. because he now is in a very different position from the one he was in prior to massachusetts. and i think he did a pretty good job of telling us that. i think he gave us two really important pieces of information. one is, he's not giving up on healthcare reform. and the second is something that we hadn't seen him really doing very aggressively prior to the massachusetts...
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you know, jim mcgovern knows and jim you should know, i'm somebody that really believes in deliberation in the people's house. we would certainly welcome that. but there can be no mistaking here that an american success in afghanistan is the imperative that must be the objective of this nation and in my judgment the president has made the right decision in deciding to deploy reinforcements. we ought to support that without the artificial time lines for withdrawal. we ought to support it as strongly as we can. >> lehrer: quickly, gentlemen, has a practical matter isn't that barn door already opened? some of these marines are going before christmas. isn't this a moot issue, congressman mcgovern some. >> the troops are already going. i don't think congress is going to have a opportunity to deliberate the way i think we should when it comes to issues of war. but, look at. we are making a major financial commitment. we are putting our young men and women 's lives at risk for an incompetent and corrupt government. our enemy is in pakistan. al qaeda is our enemy. let's go after the bad guys an
you know, jim mcgovern knows and jim you should know, i'm somebody that really believes in deliberation in the people's house. we would certainly welcome that. but there can be no mistaking here that an american success in afghanistan is the imperative that must be the objective of this nation and in my judgment the president has made the right decision in deciding to deploy reinforcements. we ought to support that without the artificial time lines for withdrawal. we ought to support it as...
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a very high ranking hispanic congressman king recently for jim clyburn. so you start to see -- to hear footsteps of a brown-black coalition that might be lining up behind jim clyburn. i only raise that because i am wondering how that might fracture or splintered the democratic party in the house, quite frankly, along racial lines. >> if this -- if hoyer-clyburn is a close race that goes to the election next week, it will make a lot of people uncomfortable. let's face it. barack obama is starting off his reelection campaign now. he needs to read-energize the african-american vote. all of those of first-time black voters from 2008. he needs to get that group of people back behind him 110%. he does not want to begin at by kicking the highest ranking black congressman ever out of leadership. that is just a recipe for disaster. and then, there is this other side of, they'd just lost all of these independent voters who broke away from democrats. they do not want to kick a guy out of leadership in steny hoyer who speaks to those voters better than anyone. there
a very high ranking hispanic congressman king recently for jim clyburn. so you start to see -- to hear footsteps of a brown-black coalition that might be lining up behind jim clyburn. i only raise that because i am wondering how that might fracture or splintered the democratic party in the house, quite frankly, along racial lines. >> if this -- if hoyer-clyburn is a close race that goes to the election next week, it will make a lot of people uncomfortable. let's face it. barack obama is...
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maybe jim lehrer. format i love. much more demanding on jim but better for us. >> ifill: we're looking forward to what jim has to say tonight. it's a big night and we'll go to the convention hall and hoar from our own jim lehrer. >> lehrer: good evening, from the ma nag mess arena in colora. i welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican. nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one vice presidential, are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates. tonight's 90 minutes will be about domestic issues and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15-minute segments with two-minute answers for the first question, then open discussion for the remainder of each segment. thousands of people offered suggestions on segment subjects or questions have a the internet and other means, but i made the final selections, and for the record, they
maybe jim lehrer. format i love. much more demanding on jim but better for us. >> ifill: we're looking forward to what jim has to say tonight. it's a big night and we'll go to the convention hall and hoar from our own jim lehrer. >> lehrer: good evening, from the ma nag mess arena in colora. i welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between president barack obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican. nominee. this...
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so jim, which camp are you in? should the federal reserve be perhaps more hawkish trying to head off future inflation? over the next year or so? or perhaps let the economy get more of out legs under it. >> well, we think the rate of inflation is going to stay relatively low over the next 12 months. so a policy on the part of the federal reserve to try and stimulate groth, a very aggressive policy as chairman bernanke e just refered to, is probably ropt for another 12 months. longer run beyond that, as he said, will have to watch the data very carefully, but the federal reserve can't maintain the federal fund rate at zero indefinitely. but i think over the next 12 months it is appropriate to keep the federal fund rate very low. that seems to be what the majority of the committee certainly feels is appropriate, and from our point of view as bond market participants we would put that as an assumption that the federal fund rate stays very close to zero over the next 12 months. >> tom: so expand upon that, because fixed
so jim, which camp are you in? should the federal reserve be perhaps more hawkish trying to head off future inflation? over the next year or so? or perhaps let the economy get more of out legs under it. >> well, we think the rate of inflation is going to stay relatively low over the next 12 months. so a policy on the part of the federal reserve to try and stimulate groth, a very aggressive policy as chairman bernanke e just refered to, is probably ropt for another 12 months. longer run...
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they're very clear about the goal, jim. what they say is they want to disrupt and ultimately defeat the taliban and al qaeda, deny them a safe haven in afghanistan and pakistan. they want to do this with this quick movement in of troops, 30,000 troops by next summer. at the same time they want to start to aggressively train the afghan forces so that they can be ready to begin to take over their own country's security. by the summer of 2011 they want to begin that process and finally to work very closely with pakistan because they say pakistan is essential to this whole thing. >> lehrer: send more troops in, mark, and then start pulling them out by a certain date? >> i think that reflects, jim, the complexity if not the conflicting constituencies the president is speaking to tonight. he's trying to show resolve, demonstrate resolve on the question of afghanistan to our allies, to our enemies, to the pakistani government, to the afghan government and afghan people. at the same time the american people are skeptical about it p
they're very clear about the goal, jim. what they say is they want to disrupt and ultimately defeat the taliban and al qaeda, deny them a safe haven in afghanistan and pakistan. they want to do this with this quick movement in of troops, 30,000 troops by next summer. at the same time they want to start to aggressively train the afghan forces so that they can be ready to begin to take over their own country's security. by the summer of 2011 they want to begin that process and finally to work...
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but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. [ gps ] proceed to the designated route. not today. [ male announcer ] for patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. xarelto® is just one pill a day taken with the evening meal. plus, with no known dietary restrictions, jim can eat the healthy foods he likes. do not stop taking xarelto®, rivaroxaban, without talking to the doctor who prescribes it as this may increase the risk of having a stroke. get help right away if you develop any symptoms like bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. you may have a higher risk of bleeding if you take xarelto® with aspirin products, nsaids or
but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to that monitoring routine. [ gps ] proceed to the designated route. not today. [ male announcer ] for patients currently well...
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jim fallows, tell me what this means. how do we interpret this? what ought to be said about this milestone? >> i think it's an inevitable milestone if you think of the scale of china. and i think the figure you mentioned in the introduction is a crucial one: that china has ten times as many people as japan and is just now exceeding it in overall output, which means that its per capita income is only one tenth of what japans is. so it's a sign of how far china has come from 30 years ago, but i think it's also a recognition of this is still on average quite a poor country. it has, as you say, lots of challenges. i would even put environmental despoil lags first on the list of obstacles to overcome. so it's a moment to reflect on china's rise but i think not to say it's become an all conquering superpower. >> rose: china will have the largest economy by 2035? >> sure. since it has four times as many people as the u.s. it only needs to get to one quarter of our per capita output to have more overall. there's a crucial point made to me by some chinese
jim fallows, tell me what this means. how do we interpret this? what ought to be said about this milestone? >> i think it's an inevitable milestone if you think of the scale of china. and i think the figure you mentioned in the introduction is a crucial one: that china has ten times as many people as japan and is just now exceeding it in overall output, which means that its per capita income is only one tenth of what japans is. so it's a sign of how far china has come from 30 years ago,...
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good evening, i'm jim lehrer. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight: we assess the palestinian bid and the israeli reaction. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown examines president obama's changes to the "no child left behind" law. >> suarez: from orlando, florida, judy woodruff has the latest on the g.o.p. presidential contest. >> republicans have gathered in this crucial battleground state and last night brought yet another showdown between frontrunners rick perry and mitt romney. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- more cleaner, safer and smarter. >> collaborating with the best in the field. >> chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech companies. >> and yet, it's really basic. >>
good evening, i'm jim lehrer. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight: we assess the palestinian bid and the israeli reaction. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown examines president obama's changes to the "no child left behind" law. >> suarez: from orlando, florida, judy woodruff has the latest on the g.o.p. presidential contest. >> republicans have gathered in this crucial battleground state and last night brought yet another showdown...
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hey, jim, we talked to a hundred men. name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. >> well, if you're not gonna make it out the front door, you're probably gonna be heading to the couch, so i'm saying a blanket. steve: a blanket for the couch. [audience groans] randy. >> yep. steve: you're not married, right? >> no. heh heh! steve: we asked 100 men, name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. >> i'm gonna have to say my headphones. gonna put the headphones on and block it out. steve: my headphones! that was a smart answer. hey, brandon, we got to be careful. you got two strikes. fraser family can steal. >> the telephone. steve: the telephone. [audience groans] all right, frasers. here's your chance. we talked to a hundred men. name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. >> video game! their video games! whoo! steve: say it again for me. one more time. >> video games. steve: oh, ok. there you go. say that in the first pl
hey, jim, we talked to a hundred men. name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. >> well, if you're not gonna make it out the front door, you're probably gonna be heading to the couch, so i'm saying a blanket. steve: a blanket for the couch. [audience groans] randy. >> yep. steve: you're not married, right? >> no. heh heh! steve: we asked 100 men, name something you might reach for when your mate starts pushing your buttons. >> i'm...
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>> i hope not, jim. i'm disappointed as a lot of people are that the people who really spent time and effort and energy on being involved in bringing a compromise on this, tom coburn, the republican and conrad and durbin, the democrats, the republican are not part of the process. but the leadership is very much involved here. and these are leadership picks. so if they, and they're going to be responsive. and bear in mind one thing. all you need is seven votes. if you get one person to switch, you can bring anything to the floor of the senate and the senate has to vote on it. there's no 60 vote phil buster. so-- filibuster. so the prospects of success are really inviting. >> lehrer: all right, mark, rich, good to see you again. >> thanks, jim. >> woodruff: we'll be back shortly with a special honor roll of the 30 u.s. forces killed in afghanistan last weekend. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support >> woodruff: agai
>> i hope not, jim. i'm disappointed as a lot of people are that the people who really spent time and effort and energy on being involved in bringing a compromise on this, tom coburn, the republican and conrad and durbin, the democrats, the republican are not part of the process. but the leadership is very much involved here. and these are leadership picks. so if they, and they're going to be responsive. and bear in mind one thing. all you need is seven votes. if you get one person to...
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i'm jim lehrer. the news on unemployment today delivered a two-part message about the economy-- the nation's jobless rate fell to its lowest level in 19 months, but employers hired fewer new workers than expected. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we talk to two people who follow the job market about what the latest numbers say about the recovery. >> lehrer: then, fred de sam lazaro reports on a town in south sudan preparing for next week's vote on independence. >> woodruff: ray suarez profiles one of the new members of the republican majority in the house, ohio's jim renacci. >> it was easy for me to step up to the plate. i'm concerned for mire children and grandchildren, can't keep spending ourselves into the debt situation we have right now. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: from port-au- prince, jeffrey brown previews his coming stories about haiti, one year after the massive earthquake. >> thing-- from the minute you get out
i'm jim lehrer. the news on unemployment today delivered a two-part message about the economy-- the nation's jobless rate fell to its lowest level in 19 months, but employers hired fewer new workers than expected. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we talk to two people who follow the job market about what the latest numbers say about the recovery. >> lehrer: then, fred de sam lazaro reports on a town in south sudan preparing for next week's vote on...
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i saw jim doing something, i asked jim, jim, can you get me tickets to this, can you get tickets to that? he went off on me one day about begging so much and always asking for favors. he sat me down after he cussed me out, had a nice conversation with me and said to me, you don't want to live your life that way in this town or anywhere elsewhere you're constantly asking for favors and people see you coming, they'll run the other way. develop your own system, make your own goals, accomplish your own achievements and you'll have what you need but stop asking folks for favors. >> very wise. your next one is "you're always on." in the internet age, there is no privacy. how does one deal with that in the failing up when sometimes failures are minute and sometimes failures are only known to you or a small circ will. failures now are known. tavis: on a global scale. and that's the whole point. i tell a story, speaking of television, when i was on b.e.t. years ago, long before pbs, i was interviewing a guest one night and i tell the name in the book, robert townsend, actor, director, produc
i saw jim doing something, i asked jim, jim, can you get me tickets to this, can you get tickets to that? he went off on me one day about begging so much and always asking for favors. he sat me down after he cussed me out, had a nice conversation with me and said to me, you don't want to live your life that way in this town or anywhere elsewhere you're constantly asking for favors and people see you coming, they'll run the other way. develop your own system, make your own goals, accomplish your...
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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this monday, the lead story: president obama in china, where he talked to students about freedom and censorship. >> the more information flows, the stronger the society becomes. >> lehrer: after the other news of the day, we'll have a big picture look at u.s.-china relations, and a sampling of how people in beijing view the american president. then, gwen ifill updates the general motors bankruptcy, as it announces plans to begin paying off its bailout debt to the federal government. elizabeth brackett reports on the debate about oil mined in canada and refined in the u.s. and jeffrey brown talks to author robert edsel about his new book on art that was looted by the nazis in world war ii. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 milli
i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this monday, the lead story: president obama in china, where he talked to students about freedom and censorship. >> the more information flows, the stronger the society becomes. >> lehrer: after the other news of the day, we'll have a big picture look at u.s.-china relations, and a sampling of how people in beijing view the american president. then, gwen ifill updates the general motors bankruptcy, as it announces plans to begin paying off its bailout...
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>> some democrats are obviously nervous about the deficit, jim. and the argument is that the economy remain approximates the central dominant defining problem and issue, human problem in this campaign. and it appears that the government is limited in what it can do about the economy and joblessness. but they can do something about the deficit. and the deficit appears to bother independence more than it bothers democratic voters. are you not going to pick up republicans on the issue. but if is a real dilemma because if you try to do something about jobs, and a jobs program, say infrastructure where i mean we've got thousands it of bridges in this country that are affected that could be repaired, well that will run up the deficit. try and do something about the deficit, does that cut back the spending for example on unemployment benefits which become held hostage to sort of the deficit fever. so they really do play against each other as well. >> you agree with that. >> one of the things that strikes me just on the substance-- not the substance but t
>> some democrats are obviously nervous about the deficit, jim. and the argument is that the economy remain approximates the central dominant defining problem and issue, human problem in this campaign. and it appears that the government is limited in what it can do about the economy and joblessness. but they can do something about the deficit. and the deficit appears to bother independence more than it bothers democratic voters. are you not going to pick up republicans on the issue. but...
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what's the parallel between the old jim crow that bryan has just described, and the new jim crow that you describe in your book. >> well, you know, just a couple decades after the collapse of the old jim crow system, a new system of racial control emerged in the united states. today, people of color are targeted by law enforcement for relatively minor, nonviolent, often drug-related offenses. the types of crimes that occur all the time on college campuses, where drug use is open and notorious. that occur in middle class suburban communities without much notice, right? targeted, often at very young ages, for these relatively minor offenses. arrested, branded felons, and then ushered into a parallel social universe, in which they can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in many of the ways in which african americans were discriminated against during the jim crow era. so, when i say that we have a new racial caste system, what i mean is that we have a system of laws, policies, and practices in the united states today that oper
what's the parallel between the old jim crow that bryan has just described, and the new jim crow that you describe in your book. >> well, you know, just a couple decades after the collapse of the old jim crow system, a new system of racial control emerged in the united states. today, people of color are targeted by law enforcement for relatively minor, nonviolent, often drug-related offenses. the types of crimes that occur all the time on college campuses, where drug use is open and...
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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this friday, the lead story-- fraud in the afghan elections may force a new round of voting. judy woodruff has our coverage. then, after the other news of the day, margaret warner talks to a former cia officer who chaired an afghanistan policy review for the obama administration; jeffrey brown looks at big losses and big profits at big banks; mark shields and michael gerson analyze the news of the week; ray suarez gets an update on the power struggle in honduras; and tom bearden tells the story of a colorado army base hit hard by war casualties. >> one of the things that comes with six years in iraq and eight years in afghanistan is we've all lost somebody. everyone has lost a friend. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by:
i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this friday, the lead story-- fraud in the afghan elections may force a new round of voting. judy woodruff has our coverage. then, after the other news of the day, margaret warner talks to a former cia officer who chaired an afghanistan policy review for the obama administration; jeffrey brown looks at big losses and big profits at big banks; mark shields and michael gerson analyze the news of the week; ray suarez gets an update on the power struggle in honduras;...
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the theatre, jim said to him, when i finish, you have to me up and get me. because i am n going to have the streng to walk down those three steps. off the stage. and i don't want to fall that on my face in front of all of the people. so when you watch that tape, when he finishes, you see chef ski jump from his seat and go up on the stage and help i didn't mean down off the stage. >> rose: john mcenroe. because you said there are two people uh you would most like to follow up, one is mcenroe. >> well, you know, john mcenroe funniest line ever may have come when i was doing season on the brink and i flew over to st. louis, boring and him were playing in an exhibition and the washington post asked me to go over and i saw john after the match and he said what are you doing here? i said i am in bloomington and working on a book on bob knight and he said, isn't he crazy? and i said yes as opposed to you, john, he might be crazy. >> rose: you also tell the story about mcenroe in which he said basically you said to him, you know, wasn't it counter productive? he bro
the theatre, jim said to him, when i finish, you have to me up and get me. because i am n going to have the streng to walk down those three steps. off the stage. and i don't want to fall that on my face in front of all of the people. so when you watch that tape, when he finishes, you see chef ski jump from his seat and go up on the stage and help i didn't mean down off the stage. >> rose: john mcenroe. because you said there are two people uh you would most like to follow up, one is...
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i'm jim lehrer. riots in haiti have disrupted efforts to fight the growing cholera epidemic. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the protests and the spread of the disease on the ground from jacqueline charles of the "miami herald." >> lehrer: then, margaret warner runs a debate between two former negotiators about the u.s. russia arms control treaty now stalled in the senate. >> ifill: special correspondent david brancaccio goes to maine to find people who have figured out creative ways to survive the recession. >> it involves a bank but not the kind with money. it's a time bank known as hour exchange portland, where people swap services and build community. >> lehrer: judy woodruff talks about how to cut the deficit with budget veterans alice rivlin and pete domenici. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to photographer tim hetherington about his new book capturing life on the battlefield in afghanistan. >> i just wanted to show the texture of it. and that mea
i'm jim lehrer. riots in haiti have disrupted efforts to fight the growing cholera epidemic. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the protests and the spread of the disease on the ground from jacqueline charles of the "miami herald." >> lehrer: then, margaret warner runs a debate between two former negotiators about the u.s. russia arms control treaty now stalled in the senate. >> ifill: special correspondent david...
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. >> charlie: demand comes from where, jim? >> from logic. >> charlie: what's the logic that the demand comes from? >> the logic is listening to mr. bernanke say that he will materialize $600 billion in seven months and that he might do more if he sees fit. that's the logic. >> that he wants to trash the dollar. >> charlie: logic or analysis, either one. >> he wants to trash the dollar. >> charlie: what? >> that he wants to trash the dollar. he's not saying it in quite those words but he did say, i believe in september, that he would like to see higher inflation. >> charlie: he wants to trash the dollar because of inflation and also because he wants to change the -- he wants to make american products easy to sell overseas. is that it? >> he thinks if inflation goes up, the dollar will lose a little value which will help exports. >> charlie: right. >> it will lead to higher interest rates so then, the fed -- according to their playbook -- they will will come in at the right moment and stop inflation exactly at 2% and then they w
. >> charlie: demand comes from where, jim? >> from logic. >> charlie: what's the logic that the demand comes from? >> the logic is listening to mr. bernanke say that he will materialize $600 billion in seven months and that he might do more if he sees fit. that's the logic. >> that he wants to trash the dollar. >> charlie: logic or analysis, either one. >> he wants to trash the dollar. >> charlie: what? >> that he wants to trash the dollar....
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i'm jim lehrer. the argument over the right to bear arms was back at the supreme court today. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the case involved a handgun ban in chicago. we'll talk to marcia coyle of "the national law journal". >> lehrer: then, margaret warner reports on the rising earthquake death toll and devastation along chile's coastline. >> excuse me. this is a senator-only held meeting. no, you may not. >> brown: one senator's power to block an extension of jobless benefits. gwen ifill explains. >> lehrer: an on-the-ground update from helmand province in afghanistan on the offensive against the taliban. >> brown: neither rain nor snow nor the neighbor's dog, but can your mail carrier deliver through big budget cuts? we look at the troubled u.s. postal service. >> technology has made obsolete many aspects of the usps model that worked so well for us for so many years. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks with historian paul kennedy on the rise and fall of the u.s. and othe
i'm jim lehrer. the argument over the right to bear arms was back at the supreme court today. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the case involved a handgun ban in chicago. we'll talk to marcia coyle of "the national law journal". >> lehrer: then, margaret warner reports on the rising earthquake death toll and devastation along chile's coastline. >> excuse me. this is a senator-only held meeting. no, you may not. >> brown: one senator's...
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i'm jim lehrer. scorching heat and humidity gripped the northeast and mid-atlantic again with temperatures topping 100 degrees. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, the record highs disrupted train travel and pushed electricity use toward record levels. we get the latest on the heat wave and on how people are coping. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the philosophical war inside the republican party. >> ifill: paul solman interviews french finance minister christine lagarde about the european debt crisis and france's moves toward economic reform. >> we want as our first priority economies to develop value and to create jobs. and this is my constant obsession. how are we going to create jobs in europe. the first priority is a bit of >> lehrer: jeffrey brown gets a rare view from inside the failed state of somalia, from jeffrey gettleman of the "new york times." >> ifill: and spencer michels unveils the soon-to-be-published life story of a literary giant. >> mark twain decre
i'm jim lehrer. scorching heat and humidity gripped the northeast and mid-atlantic again with temperatures topping 100 degrees. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, the record highs disrupted train travel and pushed electricity use toward record levels. we get the latest on the heat wave and on how people are coping. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the philosophical war inside the republican party. >> ifill: paul solman interviews french...
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but i think that there's no question gingrich has emerged from the dust. >> jim: >> jim: why? >> why has he done it. he's done it for a commof reasons. first of all, he used the vehicle available to him, which has been a vehicle in this campaign almost unique, and that's been the debates. the republican party wants to defeat barack obama. but they understand, republican voters i have talked to and listened to, they understand they need somebody who can go toe to toe with obama, and newt gingrich, whether deserved or undeserved, has become the intellectual heft of the republican patriot. and they se-- the republican pa. he has also played it very well, ronald reagan's rule-- you never say anything negative about other republicans. he smiled all the way up. his focus has been on the press and on obama. and i just think in this field, he's looked good. he's never been scrutinized. he's never been engaged. now, of course that he's the front-runner, he will be. >> lehrer: what's your explanation? >> i take that and i would add one other thing, which is white, high school-educated v
but i think that there's no question gingrich has emerged from the dust. >> jim: >> jim: why? >> why has he done it. he's done it for a commof reasons. first of all, he used the vehicle available to him, which has been a vehicle in this campaign almost unique, and that's been the debates. the republican party wants to defeat barack obama. but they understand, republican voters i have talked to and listened to, they understand they need somebody who can go toe to toe with...
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>> that's right, jim. nobody has been able to consolidate, for example, the religious conservative vote-- although, it seems that rick santorum has meade great inroads there. no, there seems to be a sealing on mitt romney. it was kind of fascinating. at the beginning of the month of december, in the gallup poll, he trade newt gingrich 37 to 23. you know, 14-point deficit. now ads newt gingrich 27 to 22. all right, now, it means gingrich has plummeted and all the rest of it. romney has just moved up. he broke the 25-point barrier. i think mitt romney's campaign has been about not so great expectations. they've tried to lower the expectations in iowa all year. david's right-- i think there's a sense now that they could win in iowa. and-- or even if ron paul wins, that's not the worst thing in the world to them. they feel in the long run. but if-- the knockout punch in both iowa and new hampshire would do for him, the romney people feel what, it did for george w. bush in 2000, when he sewed up the republican
>> that's right, jim. nobody has been able to consolidate, for example, the religious conservative vote-- although, it seems that rick santorum has meade great inroads there. no, there seems to be a sealing on mitt romney. it was kind of fascinating. at the beginning of the month of december, in the gallup poll, he trade newt gingrich 37 to 23. you know, 14-point deficit. now ads newt gingrich 27 to 22. all right, now, it means gingrich has plummeted and all the rest of it. romney has...
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jim demeant doesn't talk for me. but i haven't heard any other republican does that. >> they will in private. they know that jim demint is a disaster. the kind of politics he is talking about, the kneecaping, this kind of crazy, tough, you know, we'll take him down,nd and this waterloo and we'll kill him. jim, that is why in large part barack obama was -- won the presidency. people were so disgusted. they were furious with that politics. this has nothing to do with people's lives. it all comes down to gamesmanship and who is going to get the edge. he is indifferent to the issue involved. the fact that 14,000 people are losing their insurance today and 14,000 will lose their insurance tomorrow. that is just irrelevant to deminlt's equation. he made it on a conference call, talking to interest group politics. we talked about interest group politics. who could most feed the raw meat to the true believers on his side. >> lehrer: speaking of spoken words, david, president obama caused quite an uproar and it is still playi
jim demeant doesn't talk for me. but i haven't heard any other republican does that. >> they will in private. they know that jim demint is a disaster. the kind of politics he is talking about, the kneecaping, this kind of crazy, tough, you know, we'll take him down,nd and this waterloo and we'll kill him. jim, that is why in large part barack obama was -- won the presidency. people were so disgusted. they were furious with that politics. this has nothing to do with people's lives. it all...
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jim amoss, first to you. what is the reaction there in the newsroom and in the new orleans community? >> well, the reaction to radical change, especially in a community that's as devoted to its rituals as new orleans is, is strong, and i understand the passion that's behind it. but i think new orleaneans also want their daily news report in a way that we will promise to deliver it. i know those are words now, and people will have to see it to believe it. but that's our commitment to them. >> woodruff: what do you think, jim amoss, this is going to mean? can you deliver the same quality news with, what, half the people? >> oh, that's a misleading figure. we had severances, layoffs yesterday, and we are losing somewhere in the 40%-plus realm, but we also will be rehiring so that when all is said and done, we'll have a news operation that overall is about 14% to 15% smaller than now. that still has an impact, although we'll be saving a lot in going from-- on the production side from seven days a week to three da
jim amoss, first to you. what is the reaction there in the newsroom and in the new orleans community? >> well, the reaction to radical change, especially in a community that's as devoted to its rituals as new orleans is, is strong, and i understand the passion that's behind it. but i think new orleaneans also want their daily news report in a way that we will promise to deliver it. i know those are words now, and people will have to see it to believe it. but that's our commitment to them....
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jim said, this is the way you sound. he would play songs for me, one song recorded by 20 people, see how different they sounded. invariably, i said i wanted to sound like one of those 20, never liked me. i wanted to sound like one of the people he played the song by. i was listening to another musician the other night on the television, or an actor, and he said, one day it just came to me what i was supposed to do. that was the way it came to me, after about 20 years. i am supposed to sing this just the way i am talking to you now, because that is the honesty of me. my honesty is however a comes out of my mouth, and that is the honesty of it. they said that may not be beautiful to you, but it will be real. as long as it is real and what came from your heart, there you go. i accepted that after a long while. that helped. tavis: you have referenced jim more times than i can count. i have counted about eight. i say that because it seems to me that when you were trying to traverse a journey where nobody else gets it, it help
jim said, this is the way you sound. he would play songs for me, one song recorded by 20 people, see how different they sounded. invariably, i said i wanted to sound like one of those 20, never liked me. i wanted to sound like one of the people he played the song by. i was listening to another musician the other night on the television, or an actor, and he said, one day it just came to me what i was supposed to do. that was the way it came to me, after about 20 years. i am supposed to sing this...
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i'm jim lehrer. the 112th congress convened today with republicans in charge of the house. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez reports on the day of ceremony as john boehner was elected speaker and new members were sworn in. plus, norman ornstein and michael beschloss preview the congressional battles ahead. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks with "newshour" political editor david chalian about the shakeup of the white house staff. >> ifill: miles o'brien looks at how growing up in the digital age affects adolescent brains. >> we're going to be dependent on technology, let's be honest here. it's definitely going to wire my brain differently than it, then how your brain was wired growing up. >> lehrer: we examine the political turmoil in pakistan after the assassination of an important provincial governor. >> ifill: and we profile minnesota photographer and storyteller alec soth. >> yeah, where there are 500,000 pictures of things uploaded on facebook. being a photogr
i'm jim lehrer. the 112th congress convened today with republicans in charge of the house. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez reports on the day of ceremony as john boehner was elected speaker and new members were sworn in. plus, norman ornstein and michael beschloss preview the congressional battles ahead. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks with "newshour" political editor david chalian about the shakeup of the white house...
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>> woodruff: jim davis? >> well, on the spending we have security which after 9/11 increased dramatically. we have the interest on the debt, tom. but the programs you describe have to do with our demographics. we're getting older every year, it's driving up the cost of health care. thankfully a lot of people are living a lot longer. the cost of medicine, the cost of keeping people alive is increasing dramatically. one of the best things this health care bill can do is help us manage those costs. help us reduce the price of medicine. as christina romer alluded to, that's going to come very slowly. this bill did not make radical abrupt changes in how care is delivered because that would bother people a lot and create problems. but over time if this health care bill does what it's supposed to do, it would reduce that cost. >> i would disagree with jim. the reality is show me a government entitlement program that ever sustained the original governing cost that were implyd from the beginning. medicare, medicaid,
>> woodruff: jim davis? >> well, on the spending we have security which after 9/11 increased dramatically. we have the interest on the debt, tom. but the programs you describe have to do with our demographics. we're getting older every year, it's driving up the cost of health care. thankfully a lot of people are living a lot longer. the cost of medicine, the cost of keeping people alive is increasing dramatically. one of the best things this health care bill can do is help us manage...
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i'm jim lehrer. control of the congress is at stake this election day, as voters go to the polls across the country. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the latest results and reporting from our entire newshour team, including mark shields and david brooks; david chalian and stuart rothenberg; updates from republican headquarters and the white house; plus, field reports from around the country. >> lehrer: that's all ahead, along with a look at today's supreme court arguments in a case about violent video games, on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: this was a day of reckoning for republicans, democrats, and president obama in this midterm election of 2010. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins
i'm jim lehrer. control of the congress is at stake this election day, as voters go to the polls across the country. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the latest results and reporting from our entire newshour team, including mark shields and david brooks; david chalian and stuart rothenberg; updates from republican headquarters and the white house; plus, field reports from around the country. >> lehrer: that's all ahead, along with a look at today's...
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i'm jim lehrer. president obama confirmed today that packages containing explosives were shipped from yemen to chicago. he said they were part of a "credible terrorist threat" to this country. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the president's full statement about the plot, plus excerpts from today's security briefings, and an update on the investigation from greg miller of "the washington post." >> lehrer: then, on this final weekend of the 2010 election campaign, special correspondent betsy stark reports on how the sour economy is affecting a close house race in michigan. >> it's ironic that this very spot in jackson, michigan, here under these oak trees, lays claim to being the birthplace of the republican party because neither party seems to have a very firm grip on voters in the seventh district. >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks offer their pre-election analysis. >> lehrer: plus, newshour science correspondent miles o'brien has a report on our f
i'm jim lehrer. president obama confirmed today that packages containing explosives were shipped from yemen to chicago. he said they were part of a "credible terrorist threat" to this country. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the president's full statement about the plot, plus excerpts from today's security briefings, and an update on the investigation from greg miller of "the washington post." >> lehrer: then, on this final...
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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this tuesday, the lead story is the tug of war over health care reform, as seen by four members of congress; then, we have the other news of the day: the state of the economy, according to federal reserve chairman bernanke; the battle over funding for the f-22 fighter jet; a report about a growing trend in schools, teaching children to express their feelings; and the latest on the deal to resolve california's budget crisis. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: what the world needs now is energy, the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day chevron invests $62 million in people and ideas, seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. the atlantic philanthropies. and with the ongoin
i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this tuesday, the lead story is the tug of war over health care reform, as seen by four members of congress; then, we have the other news of the day: the state of the economy, according to federal reserve chairman bernanke; the battle over funding for the f-22 fighter jet; a report about a growing trend in schools, teaching children to express their feelings; and the latest on the deal to resolve california's budget crisis. major funding for the newshour with jim...
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i'm jim lehrer. president obama today signed into law a $600 million border security bill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely reopen some fishing grounds, risking the industry's entire future. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks present their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and, judy woodruff talks to veteran journalist charles peters about his new book on the presidency of lyndon johnson. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundan
i'm jim lehrer. president obama today signed into law a $600 million border security bill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood...
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i'm jim lehrer. president obama said today the world is a safer place after the nuclear security summit. on the newshour tonight, jeffrey brown reports from the conference of world leaders, and we'll talk to u.s. undersecretary of state ellen tauscher. part 2 of our week-long spotlight on what americans think about their government. our focus tonight the health care. first betty anne bowser looks at how passing a new law didn't end the debate. >> it's going to make health care affordable. it's going to make it so that i think, you know, upwards of 94% of the population will be covered. >> i think reading the law, reading what was signed on that bill, i would say we're headed into a huge, huge bureaucratic problem. >> ifill: we talk to four floridians about how government's expanded new role will affect their lives and their livelihoods. >> lehrer: and in a spotlight city follow-up from last night, ray suarez looks at what banks will or won't do to help troubled homeowners. that's all ahead on tonight
i'm jim lehrer. president obama said today the world is a safer place after the nuclear security summit. on the newshour tonight, jeffrey brown reports from the conference of world leaders, and we'll talk to u.s. undersecretary of state ellen tauscher. part 2 of our week-long spotlight on what americans think about their government. our focus tonight the health care. first betty anne bowser looks at how passing a new law didn't end the debate. >> it's going to make health care affordable....
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jim welcome back to n.b.r. still decisively bullish, yes, i think we have more potential gains ahead. we have to keep in mind by historical standards this market is way off its highs. both the dow and the s&p would have to gain over 50% from today's levels to get back to where this bear market started. >> paul: something that seems to trouble wall street quite a bit is this fading consumer sentiment we saw today. what can give that a boost? >> keep in mind, we just had a setback in sentiment. we had a big rally in consumer sentiment and confidence coming out of the march lows. we've had a slight setback, and it hasn't followed very much in consumer expectations -- that is, looking six months down the road, so i think we're going to see consumer confidence rebound next month. >> paul: how serious a threat is inflation in light of the massive infusion of stimulus dollars? >> well, inflation will be a problem, it's not a question of if, it's a question of when. right now we don't have inflation pressures present i
jim welcome back to n.b.r. still decisively bullish, yes, i think we have more potential gains ahead. we have to keep in mind by historical standards this market is way off its highs. both the dow and the s&p would have to gain over 50% from today's levels to get back to where this bear market started. >> paul: something that seems to trouble wall street quite a bit is this fading consumer sentiment we saw today. what can give that a boost? >> keep in mind, we just had a setback...